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Monica McLaughlin

@rococopacetic

Named after the patron saint of difficult children I write Dearest, a newsletter about beautiful, unusual and occasionally batshit stuff at auction: https://dearest.substack.com/

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Going to see Josh Johnson at the Academy of Music in November, eeeeeeeeeeeeee!

04.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things

28.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 7268 πŸ” 1359 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 26

Just snapped up #142! I've admired your work for AGES; I can't wait to have one of my own.

28.02.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Scullion - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (1980)
Scullion - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (1980) YouTube video by Lee McDaid - Donegal

supernatural

28.02.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Right?!?!?!!

27.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FUCK YES

27.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

27.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Turns out activating hyperfocus doesn’t work when you’re sick as a dog and now I’m regretting all of my life choices

26.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big Bird like the last Goblin Romanov

21.12.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Was about to demand justice for scrofula, but now I see they’ve got The King’s Evil in there

23.02.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
View through the window of a short path cut into a foot of snow on the deck for bird-feeding purposes. Seven little juncos with their adorable white bellies are out there eating seeds and nuts before it all gets hoovered up by a bunch of POS starlings

View through the window of a short path cut into a foot of snow on the deck for bird-feeding purposes. Seven little juncos with their adorable white bellies are out there eating seeds and nuts before it all gets hoovered up by a bunch of POS starlings

Juncos are fucking adorable

23.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh and the worst fruit is obviously honeydew melon

23.02.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t adequately describe what a relief it is to check in here for the latest horror and instead find everyone talking about fruit.

23.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A true Philly legend.

19.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A rat literally just crossed my path; I'm choosing to see it as a good omen

19.02.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TRULY delightful news!

19.02.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Helluva way to find out Andrew and my mom have the same birthday

19.02.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Never has being a super early riser in the US paid off so well.

19.02.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I swear this kid just explained the entire SpongeBob SquarePants universe to me, like, last week?

09.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My nephew got engaged this weekend. Excuse me while my human carapace crumbles into dust.

09.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

fuck this fucking weather

08.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OH GOD SORRY I KNOW I’M SORRY

05.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THE FUCKING KARS4KIDS JINGLE

05.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I literally just gasped. What an absolute piece of shit.

29.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely

29.01.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A text from Dan McQuade about scoring a giant painting of Padre Pio at an estate sale once made me laugh during a funeral, and that’s about as perfect a memory as I could have of someone. Heartbroken.

29.01.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Everybody need to see this asap

26.01.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Balcony view of the Taskmaster Live stage in Philly. Five seats alongside two for Alex and Greg have been set up on the stage.

Balcony view of the Taskmaster Live stage in Philly. Five seats alongside two for Alex and Greg have been set up on the stage.

Mid show break! This is everything I hoped for and somehow more (I.e. the math vs maths clip)

20.01.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m perfectly happy to pay an extra 10% for Mads Mikkelsen.

17.01.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0